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  1. Go Bombers
    SpeedFlex27 got a reaction from rebusrankin in Next merch purchase   
    Not merchandise per se but I just bought 2 tickets for my wife & I to this year's Banjo Bowl this morning. Rarin' to go!!
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    SpeedFlex27 got a reaction from rebusrankin in 2023/2024 Blue Bombers Off-Season Thread (BRADY’S BACK! DALTON’S BACK!)   
    Fans have been saying that since 2022 but the braintrust says nope. 
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    SpeedFlex27 got a reaction from wbbfan in 2023/2024 CFL (Non Bombers) Off Season News   
    Surprised Bandy retired. He only got the stating center gig when the greatest football player in the world retired after the 2022 season. 
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    SpeedFlex27 reacted to FrostyWinnipeg in Space is the Place   
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    SpeedFlex27 reacted to HardCoreBlue in 2023/2024 CFL (Non Bombers) Off Season News   
    That would be hilarious if they gave this award out at end of year.
    As Garrett Marino was unable to be here, I'd like to call on Simoni Lawrence to present our next award, King Douchebag . . .
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    SpeedFlex27 got a reaction from JohnnyAbonny in 2023/2024 CFL (Non Bombers) Off Season News   
    Yeah, it was a shot at the CFL. So, Kelly should do us all a favour, quit the Argos & get a job outside if football & see how much he makes.
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    SpeedFlex27 got a reaction from Bubba Zanetti in The Winnipeg Thread   
    Winnipeg made it onto the Pat McAfee Show today. He didn't know where the city was but couldn't get over how crazy the Jets fans were.
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    SpeedFlex27 reacted to rebusrankin in 2023/2024 CFL (Non Bombers) Off Season News   
    They could have given the MOP to Brady who'd be an excellent face of the CFL but they gave it to King Douchebag.
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    SpeedFlex27 got a reaction from JohnnyAbonny in Next merch purchase   
    The guy was a lawyer in Chicago for a few years before jumping into coaching at the NFL level. Very, very sharp guy. The guy knows football. He would have made an excellent CFL HC. It's too bad he never came back. Had he come back, I think he would have had a similar career to John Hufnagel with the Stamps.
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    SpeedFlex27 got a reaction from coach17 in Next merch purchase   
    The guy was a lawyer in Chicago for a few years before jumping into coaching at the NFL level. Very, very sharp guy. The guy knows football. He would have made an excellent CFL HC. It's too bad he never came back. Had he come back, I think he would have had a similar career to John Hufnagel with the Stamps.
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    SpeedFlex27 got a reaction from TBURGESS in Next merch purchase   
    The guy was a lawyer in Chicago for a few years before jumping into coaching at the NFL level. Very, very sharp guy. The guy knows football. He would have made an excellent CFL HC. It's too bad he never came back. Had he come back, I think he would have had a similar career to John Hufnagel with the Stamps.
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    SpeedFlex27 got a reaction from Tracker in Next merch purchase   
    The guy was a lawyer in Chicago for a few years before jumping into coaching at the NFL level. Very, very sharp guy. The guy knows football. He would have made an excellent CFL HC. It's too bad he never came back. Had he come back, I think he would have had a similar career to John Hufnagel with the Stamps.
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    SpeedFlex27 got a reaction from johnzo in Next merch purchase   
    The guy was a lawyer in Chicago for a few years before jumping into coaching at the NFL level. Very, very sharp guy. The guy knows football. He would have made an excellent CFL HC. It's too bad he never came back. Had he come back, I think he would have had a similar career to John Hufnagel with the Stamps.
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    SpeedFlex27 reacted to JCon in 2023/2024 CFL (Non Bombers) Off Season News   
    No, I think that's just an evergreen statement. 
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    SpeedFlex27 got a reaction from Tracker in 2023/2024 CFL (Non Bombers) Off Season News   
    There were other guys who were better.
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    SpeedFlex27 reacted to Jesse in 2023/2024 CFL (Non Bombers) Off Season News   
    He was definitely wasted on something.
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    SpeedFlex27 got a reaction from JCon in 2023/2024 CFL (Non Bombers) Off Season News   
    Yeah, time to go in more ways than one. 
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    SpeedFlex27 got a reaction from Piggy 1 in The 2024 Grim Reaper Thread   
    That's cold. Really cold. 
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    SpeedFlex27 got a reaction from bluto in 2023/2024 CFL (Non Bombers) Off Season News   
    Yeah, time to go in more ways than one. 
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    SpeedFlex27 got a reaction from rebusrankin in 2023/2024 CFL (Non Bombers) Off Season News   
    Yeah, time to go in more ways than one. 
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    SpeedFlex27 reacted to JCon in 2023/2024 CFL (Non Bombers) Off Season News   
    No, that 🤡 is Purifoy, I believe. 
    Leonard hasn't peed in 8 years to avoid getting tested. Then he berated the poor staff that had to collect the sample. 
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    SpeedFlex27 reacted to BigBlue in 2023/2024 CFL (Non Bombers) Off Season News   
    Take a look at the stadium photograph above.
    Maybe just tear down half the stands, get rid of the track, and build the opposite side with new stands filled with private boxes. In a government town like Edmonton they would find ways of filling those boxes without violating some sense of propriety. The old stands that remain could be discounted relative to the new stands on the opposite side, which would help bring in families at prices they could afford. Yes, renew the refreshment stands and washrooms in the old sections. Meanwhile the new stands would be able to handle more premium food and drink sales. There is a lot of money in Edmonton that would want premium seating, higher end refreshments and all that kind of stuff. The private boxes could add in luxury amenities.
    This is not hard to figure out; it's just hard to get past the little fiefdoms that exist in the political arena; they bow to the big money in that city. Some leading figure/s would somehow have to sponsor such.
    Leadership would have to go beyond the old boys club that tends to dominate the Board of Directors in cities like Edmonton and Winnipeg. Wade Miller did it here. Such a leader needs good background in both marketing and applicable business skills. That's how community-based teams can continue. In Regina they got Mosaic Stadium done but they've gone backwards in football operations.
    In Calgary, the CFL does not have the sex appeal that the status minded have for the Flames. That's more politics and a lack of civic leadership in Canada's leading business city. Calgary's mayor's office has a disproportionate amount of power while the business people are too focused on making lots of money. Again football needs a civic champion in that community.
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    SpeedFlex27 reacted to 17to85 in 2023/2024 CFL (Non Bombers) Off Season News   
    Not as much as you might think.... bonus to those stadiums and arenas being mostly concrete and metal.
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    SpeedFlex27 got a reaction from Piggy 1 in 2023/2024 CFL (Non Bombers) Off Season News   
    They originally built it to hold 42,000 but expanded it for the World Student Games to 60,000 which was ludicrous. I went to the 78 CWG & really liked the place at that size. They should have kept it at 42000. It is Gi-Normous now. 

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